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Everworld #1-2
Everworld Books I & II
David's life was pretty normal. School. Friends. Girlfriends. Actually, Senna was probably the oddest aspect of his life. She was beautiful. Smart. But there was something very different about her. Something strange.
Then one day it began. One moment, Senna was with him. The next, she was swallowed up by the earth. David couldn't just let her go and neither could their friends. So David, April, Jalil, and Christopher followed Senna to a world they never could have imagined. Wolves the size of elephants, beings who consider themselves immortal, mythological gods.
Now the four friends have to find Senna and get home without losing their lives. Or their minds. Or both...
401 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2004
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Katherine Applegate
280 books6,273 followers#1 New York Times bestselling author Katherine Applegate has written many books for young readers, including THE ONE AND ONLY IVAN, winner of the 2013 Newbery Medal.
Katherine’s picture books include THE BUFFALO STORM, illustrated by Jan Ormerod (Clarion Books); THE REMARKABLE TRUE STORY OF IVAN, THE SHOPPING MALL GORILLA, illustrated by G. Brian Karas (Clarion Books); SOMETIMES YOU FLY, illustrated by Jennifer Black Reinhardt (Clarion Books); and ODDER: AN OTTER’S STORY, illustrated by Charles Santoso (Feiwel & Friends).
She’s written or co-written three early chapter series for young readers: ROSCOE RILEY RULES, a seven-book series illustrated by Brian Biggs (HarperCollins); DOGGO AND PUPPER, a three-book series illustrated by Charlie Alder (Feiwel & Friends). With Gennifer Choldenko, she co-authored DOGTOWN and MOUSE AND HIS DOG, illustrated by Wallace West (Feiwel & Friends).
Books for middle-grade readers include HOME OF THE BRAVE (Feiwel & Friends); THE ONE AND ONLY series, illustrated by Patricia Castelao, including THE ONE AND ONLY IVAN, THE ONE AND ONLY BOB, THE ONE AND ONLY RUBY, and THE ONE AND ONLY FAMILY (HarperCollins); the ENDLING trilogy (HarperCollins); CRENSHAW (Feiwel & Friends); WISHTREE (Feiwel & Friends); WILLODEEN (Feiwel & Friends); ODDER (Feiwel & Friends); and the forthcoming POCKET BEAR (Feiwel & Friends).
With her husband, Michael Grant, Katherine co-wrote ANIMORPHS, a long-running series that has sold over 35 million books worldwide. They also wrote two other series, REMNANTS and EVERWORLD, and a young adult novel, EVE AND ADAM (Feiwel & Friends.)
Katherine’s work has been translated into dozens of languages, and her books have won accolades including the Christopher Medal, the Golden Kite Award, the Bank Street Josette Frank Award, the California Book Award Gold Medal, the Crystal Kite Award, the Green Earth Book Honor Award, the Charlotte Zolotow Honor Award, and the E.B. White Read Aloud Award. Many of her works have appeared on state master lists, Best of the Year lists, and Publishers Weekly, USA Today, and New York Times bestseller lists.
Katherine lives in Nevada with her husband and assorted pets. She is represented by Elena Giovinazzo at Heirloom Literary and Mary Pender at WME.
Katherine’s picture books include THE BUFFALO STORM, illustrated by Jan Ormerod (Clarion Books); THE REMARKABLE TRUE STORY OF IVAN, THE SHOPPING MALL GORILLA, illustrated by G. Brian Karas (Clarion Books); SOMETIMES YOU FLY, illustrated by Jennifer Black Reinhardt (Clarion Books); and ODDER: AN OTTER’S STORY, illustrated by Charles Santoso (Feiwel & Friends).
She’s written or co-written three early chapter series for young readers: ROSCOE RILEY RULES, a seven-book series illustrated by Brian Biggs (HarperCollins); DOGGO AND PUPPER, a three-book series illustrated by Charlie Alder (Feiwel & Friends). With Gennifer Choldenko, she co-authored DOGTOWN and MOUSE AND HIS DOG, illustrated by Wallace West (Feiwel & Friends).
Books for middle-grade readers include HOME OF THE BRAVE (Feiwel & Friends); THE ONE AND ONLY series, illustrated by Patricia Castelao, including THE ONE AND ONLY IVAN, THE ONE AND ONLY BOB, THE ONE AND ONLY RUBY, and THE ONE AND ONLY FAMILY (HarperCollins); the ENDLING trilogy (HarperCollins); CRENSHAW (Feiwel & Friends); WISHTREE (Feiwel & Friends); WILLODEEN (Feiwel & Friends); ODDER (Feiwel & Friends); and the forthcoming POCKET BEAR (Feiwel & Friends).
With her husband, Michael Grant, Katherine co-wrote ANIMORPHS, a long-running series that has sold over 35 million books worldwide. They also wrote two other series, REMNANTS and EVERWORLD, and a young adult novel, EVE AND ADAM (Feiwel & Friends.)
Katherine’s work has been translated into dozens of languages, and her books have won accolades including the Christopher Medal, the Golden Kite Award, the Bank Street Josette Frank Award, the California Book Award Gold Medal, the Crystal Kite Award, the Green Earth Book Honor Award, the Charlotte Zolotow Honor Award, and the E.B. White Read Aloud Award. Many of her works have appeared on state master lists, Best of the Year lists, and Publishers Weekly, USA Today, and New York Times bestseller lists.
Katherine lives in Nevada with her husband and assorted pets. She is represented by Elena Giovinazzo at Heirloom Literary and Mary Pender at WME.
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September 28, 2011
In another classic case of not looking before I leap, I read the first two books in he Everworld series. I didn't know is there are twelve books in this series. Twelve. That is ridiculous. I'm supposed to track down ten more books to find out what happens to these crazy teenagers and their friend, the witch? I'm not sure about this.
These were good reading, though. Applegate does a fine job of switching from one character's narrative in book one to another's in book two. That's a neat trick if you can pull it off and make each character as compelling as the next. Apsrin's forays into non-Skeeve narrations in his Myth Adventure series were good but I was just never as interested in what those characters had to say.
Anyway, good books but, Applegate, that was a dirty trick.
These were good reading, though. Applegate does a fine job of switching from one character's narrative in book one to another's in book two. That's a neat trick if you can pull it off and make each character as compelling as the next. Apsrin's forays into non-Skeeve narrations in his Myth Adventure series were good but I was just never as interested in what those characters had to say.
Anyway, good books but, Applegate, that was a dirty trick.
January 25, 2013
I'm gonna review the whole Everworld series in this one review.
I did really enjoy this series. I read it pretty young when I was in a phase of reading everything my eldest sister read. I think as I was a young inexperienced reader when I read this, I struggled imagining the scenes at times because it is incredibly dreamworldish. Or nightmarish.
I loved how the point of view from the characters changed with each book, especially the one with Senna. It gave the series variety and time to really go to know the characters personally. Admittedly some of the characters are a bit boring in comparison to some others, but I think that all added to the enjoyment of finding out who your favourite was and so on.
The whole series was really good, a few books a bit more scarier than others. But all in all one I'll recommend to my kiddies if they're into reading.
I did really enjoy this series. I read it pretty young when I was in a phase of reading everything my eldest sister read. I think as I was a young inexperienced reader when I read this, I struggled imagining the scenes at times because it is incredibly dreamworldish. Or nightmarish.
I loved how the point of view from the characters changed with each book, especially the one with Senna. It gave the series variety and time to really go to know the characters personally. Admittedly some of the characters are a bit boring in comparison to some others, but I think that all added to the enjoyment of finding out who your favourite was and so on.
The whole series was really good, a few books a bit more scarier than others. But all in all one I'll recommend to my kiddies if they're into reading.
June 3, 2015
Everworld, books one and two written by Katherine Applegate were two of my most favorite books. I really enjoy fantasy novels and this one was especially interesting. In the first book you read it all through David's eyes whereas the second you read it through Christopher's. I feel like this book copies marvel at times and even some other books I've read but at the same time it could just be coincidence that there happens to be a Loki and Thor's hammer. The whole book is about these college students that are trying to get back to the real world but someone is keeping them from doing so which happens to be one of the character's ex girlfriends and another's current girlfriend. I highly recommend this book to anyone who likes to let their imagination run free or anyone that enjoys coming of age novels.
September 29, 2007
This is a pretty exciting read, with the fast pace and continuous action - I couldn't put it down and finished within a couple hours. The premise of a world where ancient mythologies, such as Norse and Egyptian, co-exist is quite intriguing, and the first-person perspective changes with each book, giving fuller insight to what's happening. Though the writing is a bit simplistic, and the books are rather short and end abruptly, this only adds to the desire to read further into the series.
June 29, 2008
Ha Ha really good book... i didn't understand it at firtst but it was just setting up for a really good book.
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